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Straight Outta Compton: express yourself about the NWA biopic trailerhttps://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2015/apr/01/straight-outta-compton-express-yourself-about-the-nwa-biopic-trailer
<p>Does Ice Cube’s son do a good job of playing his father? Is Eazy-E as you’d always imagined? Will the portrayal of Dre be doctored? What do you make of this first look at the NWA movie? </p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/apr/01/gangsta-rap-dead-gone-hip-hop">Gangsta rap isn't dead and gone, despite claims to the contrary</a> </p><p>So it’s here: the first actual trailer for Straight Outta Compton, the long-awaited biopic of rap legends NWA. Following a <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/feb/10/nwa-biopic-film-straight-outta-compton-first-trailer">footage release back in February</a>, which mostly followed Dr Dre and Ice Cube as they moseyed around the old neighbourhood, we now have an extended look at what the film itself will look like. Directed by F Gary Gray, and starring Cube’s son O’Shea Jackson Jr as Cube himself, Jason Mitchell as Eazy-E, and Corey Hawkins as Dre, Straight Outta Compton looks like a straight ahead life story, chronicling their run-ins with the cops, street life, and studio action. So what do you think? Will Straight Outta Compton be hot, or not? Let us know in the comments below.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2015/apr/01/straight-outta-compton-express-yourself-about-the-nwa-biopic-trailer">Continue reading...</a>FilmRapCultureMusicUS newsWorld newsDr DreIce CubeNWAWed, 01 Apr 2015 16:56:49 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2015/apr/01/straight-outta-compton-express-yourself-about-the-nwa-biopic-trailerPhotograph: CORBISPhotograph: CORBISGuardian film2015-04-01T16:56:49ZThe 88 movies we're most excited about in 2015https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jan/06/2015-key-movies-films-year-ahead
<p>Think 2014 was a good year for film? Think again. This year is shaping up to be one of the classics. Here’s what’s on our radar. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCjsUxbNmIs">(Why 88? Here’s why)</a></p><p>• <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/dec/31/-sp-150-arts-essentials-for-2015">What to watch this spring in the UK</a><br>• <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jan/06/mad-max-the-dressmaker-and-other-australian-movies-to-watch-in-2015">Nine key Aussie releases</a><br>• <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jan/06/week-in-geek-2015-most-exciting-sci-fi-fantasy-films-jurassic-world-star-wars">Week in geek on the year ahead in superhero movies</a><br>• <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jan/01/films-of-2015-trailers-teasers-worth-the-wait">Are previews redundant?</a><br></p><p>Here, in alphabetical order, are the films about which we’re most excited this year, but haven’t yet seen. So it doesn’t include the likes of <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/oct/10/the-falling-review-london-film-festival-carol-morley">The Falling</a>, Carol Morley’s latest, nor the Joshua Oppenheimer’s excellent <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/the-look-of-silence">The Look of Silence</a>, Roy Andersson’s <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/pigeon-sat-on-a-branch-reflecting-on-existence">A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Contemplating Existence</a> or Noah Baumbach’s <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/while-were-young">While We’re Young</a>, which had festival premieres last year and are due to be released this. Nor, even does it include those movies which made <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/dec/31/-sp-150-arts-essentials-for-2015">this piece</a>, which covers the big premieres out this spring in the UK (some of which are out in 2015 in the US, too). And there’s <em>still</em> 88 of them. 2015’s shaping up to be a great year.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jan/06/2015-key-movies-films-year-ahead">Continue reading...</a>FilmOscars 2015CultureAndrea ArnoldMarvelSuperhero moviesJoss WhedonJohnny DeppCrimeJim BroadbentPatricia HighsmithRooney MaraFilm adaptationsBooksCrime fictionFictionTom HardyGuillermo del ToroTom HiddlestonMia WasikowskaJack BlackJessica ChastainJake GyllenhaalMichael CainePaolo SorrentinoRachel WeiszIsabelle HuppertJason SegelJesse EisenbergNicholas HoultKristen StewartGuy PearceJacki WeaverKeira KnightleyJames FrancoThomas HardyThomas VinterbergMichael SheenCarey MulliganWong Kar-WaiMichael HanekePixarAnimationAlex GibneyHBOScientologyReligionTelevision industryUS television industryMediaSacha Baron CohenPenélope CruzFootballCoen brothersQuentin TarantinoWesternsBen WheatleyJG BallardJeremy IronsSienna MillerDave EggersTom HanksJennifer LawrenceAction and adventureScience fiction and fantasySarah SilvermanRobert De NiroAnne HathawayRomanceRon HowardBen WhishawBrendan GleesonJane Got A GunNatalie PortmanJoel EdgertonEwan McGregorDavid O RussellKnight of CupsTerrence MalickChristian BaleJames DeanRobert PattinsonAnton CorbijnColin FarrellOlivia ColmanApichatpong WeerasethakulWilliam ShakespeareMichael FassbenderMarion CotillardRidley ScottMatt DamonMichael ShannonTom CruiseNoah BaumbachGreta GerwigIan McKellenGeorge ClooneySandra BullockDavid Gordon GreenComedyNicole KidmanDamian LewisWerner HerzogComedySportAlejandro González IñárrituLeonardo DiCaprioMeryl StreepDiablo CodyMatthew McConaugheyGus van SantMartin ScorseseLiam NeesonAndrew GarfieldAmy PoehlerJames BondDaniel CraigChristoph WaltzSam MendesSpectreThrillerMelissa McCarthyJason StathamJude LawCannes film festivalSteven SpielbergStar Wars: The Force AwakensJJ AbramsHarrison FordCarrie FisherRapBiopicsMusicIce CubeDr DreHugo WeavingHelena Bonham CarterTerence DaviesAgyness DeynMatteo GarroneSeth MacFarlaneMark WahlbergWorld cinemaEthan HawkeEmily MortimerArnold SchwarzeneggerDocumentaryRichard LinklaterGleeJudd ApatowTilda SwintonNew York TimesJonah HillEmma StoneBradley CooperWoody AllenJoaquin PhoenixJoseph Gordon-LevittRobert RedfordBill BrysonNick NolteEmma ThompsonSundance film festivalSundance film festival 2015Cannes 2015M Night ShyamalanChris PineChiwetel EjioforFestivalsUS televisionNewspapersNewspapers & magazinesTelevisionTelevision & radioUS press and publishingAvengers: Age of UltronAnt-ManThe Hateful EightInside OutTerminator GenisysTue, 06 Jan 2015 15:23:23 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jan/06/2015-key-movies-films-year-aheadPhotograph: GuardianPhotograph: GuardianGuardian Film2015-01-06T15:23:23ZTop 10 music movieshttps://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2013/dec/20/top-10-music-movies
From wild-haired rockers to joyful bolero singers, films with or about celebrated musicians have played a key part in the movies. Here, the Guardian and Observers' critics pick the 10 finest<br /><br /><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2013/nov/22/top-10-silent-movies-films">• Top 10 silent movies</a><br /><a href="http://www.guprod.gnl/film/filmblog/2013/nov/25/top-10-sports-movies">• Top 10 sports movies</a><br /><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2013/nov/29/top-10-film-noir">• Top 10 film noir</a><br /><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2013/dec/03/top-10-movie-musicals">• Top 10 musicals</a><br /><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2013/dec/06/top-10-martial-arts-movies">• Top 10 martial arts movies</a><br /><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2013/dec/12/top-10-biopics-movies">• Top 10 biopics</a><br /><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/series/top-10-films">• More Guardian and Observer critics' top 10s</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2013/dec/20/top-10-music-movies">Continue reading...</a>FilmMusic documentaryBob DylanMusicDocumentaryElvis PresleyJohn TravoltaBee GeesMetalDiscoFolk musicEminemRapThe RamonesPunkRy CooderCubaThe BeatlesJoy DivisionAnton CorbijnCultureSamantha MortonFri, 20 Dec 2013 16:57:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2013/dec/20/top-10-music-moviesPhotograph: c.Everett Collection/Rex FeatuJohn Travolta and Karen Lynn Gorney demonstrate a few moves, but we don't think they're first aid. Photograph: c.Everett Collection/Rex FeatuPhotograph: c.Everett Collection/Rex FeatuJohn Travolta and Karen Lynn Gorney demonstrate a few moves, but we don't think they're first aid. Photograph: c.Everett Collection/Rex FeatuGuardian Staff2013-12-20T16:57:00ZEastern bloc rocking: is Jesteś Bogiem the 8 Mile of Poland?https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2012/oct/09/jestes-bogiem-polish-hiphop-film
A new film about an early Polish rap crew is a hit in its home country, but misses its chance to make a real statement about the importance of post-communist hip-hop<p>The trenchant clatter of breakbeats was one way you could tell Poland had rejoined the slipstream of global culture in the 1990s. That was when the country first got its own hip-hop scene – not the most likely thing under the previous communist regime. Adopting another favourite byproduct of western culture, nostalgia, the Polish are being currently fired up in cinemas by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkMDaVh3kOQ" title="">Jesteś Bogiem</a> (You Are God), a biopic of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paktofonika" title="">Paktofonika</a>, one of the key early bloc-rocking rap crews.</p><p>The film, directed by documentarian Lestes Dawid, pulled in 370,000 people on its first weekend in mid-September – the third-biggest opening for a Polish film in the last 20 years. It has not quite overtaken Agnieszka Holland's Oscar-nominated Holocaust drama <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/movie/146047/in-darkness" title="">In Darkness</a> as the top-grossing local film of 2012. But its explosive start suggests that it's nailed the 18-35 demographic most likely to be still in sync with Paktofonika's confrontational style.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2012/oct/09/jestes-bogiem-polish-hiphop-film">Continue reading...</a>World cinemaDramaHip-hopMusicCultureFilmRapPoland8 MileTue, 09 Oct 2012 14:28:30 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2012/oct/09/jestes-bogiem-polish-hiphop-filmPhotograph: PRThe surly vitality of a young Vincent Cassel ... Marcin Kowalczyk as Magik in Jesteś Bogiem (You Are God)Photograph: PRThe surly vitality of a young Vincent Cassel ... Marcin Kowalczyk as Magik in Jesteś Bogiem (You Are God)Phil Hoad2012-10-09T14:28:30ZKanye West's Cruel Summer screens out for attention at Canneshttps://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2012/may/24/kanye-west-cruel-summer-cannes
The rapper's 30-minute short film, which premiered across seven screens in a Cannes car park near the Palm beach, is a wobbly, wandering showcase of West's taste for the grandiose<p>Kanye West can say that his directorial debut played at Cannes. In a tent, in a car park, 40 minutes walk from the Palais, but it played here. The red carpet at the premiere for Cruel Summer – a 30-minute short presented across seven 20ft square screens – ran directly past a cluster of photographers before stretching towards the sea on its way to the screening room. West (and guests including <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/kim-kardashian" title="">Kim Kardashian</a> and <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/jayz" title="">Jay-Z</a>) walked the important part. The cameras clicked and registered the moment. Kanye cut across the bays to his seat.</p><p>Made in association with the Doha Film Institute, Cruel Summer stars West's GOOD Music protege Kid Cudi as a bloke of bad stock. Dad was a car thief – Kid's desperate not to follow in his footsteps, so instead he walks through a sparkly purple door into the middle of the desert. Men on horseback arrest him. He's taken to a palace full of fruit. A blind girl plucks a giant guitar string. Cudi's wrapped in bandages. A hawk flies. In, ultra, slow, motion. Cudi resolves to cure his love of her blindness. The cure for blindness is a remix of a song by <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/coldplay" title="">Coldplay</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2012/may/24/kanye-west-cruel-summer-cannes">Continue reading...</a>Cannes 2012Cannes film festivalFilmKanye WestKid CudiHip-hopRapMusicFestivalsCultureMusic festivalsThu, 24 May 2012 12:44:17 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2012/may/24/kanye-west-cruel-summer-cannesPhotograph: Mike Marsland/WireImageRed carpet couple ... Kanye West and Kim Kardashian at the Cannes premiere of the rapper's short film Cruel Summer. Photograph: Mike Marsland/WireImagePhotograph: Mike Marsland/WireImageRed carpet couple ... Kanye West and Kim Kardashian at the Cannes premiere of the rapper's short film Cruel Summer. Photograph: Mike Marsland/WireImageHenry Barnes2012-05-24T12:44:17Z